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Welcome to Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown Borough Hall
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Borough Hall
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BOROUGH BUSINESS
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2009 Budget

The Borough has finished our initial budget process. To view the proposed budget, CLICK HERE.

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BOARD & COMMITTEE VACANCIES

BOARD VACANCIES
As of January 1, 2009

Blighted Property Review Committee – 3 vacancies – 1 yr term

Cable Commission – 1 vacancy – 3 yr term (to expire 6/1/2011)

Pottstown Borough Authority – 1 vacancy – 5 yr term

Pottstown Downtown Improvement District Authority – 2 vacancies – 5 yr term

Shade Tree Commission – 1 vacancy – 2 yr term

Vacancy Board – 1 vacancy – 1 yr term

Zoning Hearing Board – 1 vacancy – 3 yr term & Alternate vacancy –3 yr term

If you are interested in serving a Borough Committee, please contact the Borough Manager's office at 610-970-6511 or email contactus@pottstown.org.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Montgomery County uses the Roam Secure Alert Network to immediately contact you during a major crisis or emergency. The Community Alert System delivers important emergency alerts, notifications and updates to you on all your devices:

  • Email Account (work, home, other)
  • Cell phone (via SMS)
  • Pager
  • Smart phone/PDA (BlackBerry, Treo and other handheld's)

When an incident or emergency occurs, authorized senders will instantly notify you using the Community Alert System. This is your personal connection to real-time updates, instructions on where to go, what to do, or what not to do, who to contact and other important information. LEARN MORE - CLICK HERE

The Special Needs Registry is designed to help emergency management coordinators plan for critical events. Each
municipality wants to be positioned to locate and safely evacuate people who
find it difficult to help themselves in the event of a major disaster.
Learn about the Registry!

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The Borough of Pottstown has a seven year Economic Development Strategic Plan.  The plan provides a balanced program of projects and initiatives to guide community revitalization efforts in the Borough. 
Learn more

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Are you aware that the Borough of Pottstown has a Human Relations Commission? It is a nine-member team of volunteers appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Borough Council of Pottstown.  The diverse team serves to improve the quality of human relations within the Borough of Pottstown. More information.>>

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The parliamentary authority for the Borough Council shall govern procedure in the meetings of Council, except where otherwise provided in the law, in the by-laws of Council, and in these rules.
> Read the Rules <

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Attention Residents! The Borough has amended a number of fees for 2008.

See the additional 2008 fee resolution changes.

You can view all of the Borough Ordinances and the Fee Schedule by visiting the Ordinances Page.

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The Bark Park Update!

Dear Residents,
Tentative dates for the construction of the Bark Park at Memorial Park have been set for the weekend of March 28 and 29, 2009 beginning at 8:30 a.m.

The folks at Home Depot are making plans to provide assistance with the project through their community projects program. The community is also invited to assist with the project. A liability and indemnification waiver will be required to be signed for all whom plan to assist with the project.

The Bark Park was the project of the 2008 TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class that included Pam McGinly, Terri Lampe, Jamie Ottaviano, Janet Flack and supervised by Eileen Dautrich.

The Park was also made possible through the financial assistance of Exelon Generating Station, PECO and National Penn Bank.

<View the Park Map>

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PCTV
Did you know that Pottstown has local community television available for the local area? PCTV (Pottstown Community TV) is owned and operated by the Borough of Pottstown and provides local origination programming over Comcast Cable TV in over 75,000 homes in western Montgomery County, Northern Chester County and Eastern Berks County. In existence since 1983, PCTV currently produces programming on 3 local Cable Channels 22, 28 and 98).
Visit the PCTV web site

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ADDITIONAL SERVICES
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SENIORS 65 & OLDER RIDE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FREE ALL DAY! Click here to learn More (PDF)

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FREE car seat safety checks are available in the Borough.
4 out of 5 child safety seats are installed incorrectly. More Information

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BOROUGH NOTICES
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The Winter-Spring Newsletter is on-line, click here to view it. (PDF 8.5mb - please allow extra download time due to the size of the file)

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WHAT DO I DO WITH MY CHRISTMAS TREE? Once the holidays are over, simply place your tree out with your trash and it will be hauled away by J.P. Mascaro.

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New Recyling and Trash Collection

The Borough of Pottstown has awarded a three-year contact to J.P. Mascaro to collect all recycling material, trash, and yard material.  The new contract will start on January 1, 2009. The new contract will require changes to the methods used for recycling and trash. Residents are reminded to place all recycling, trash, and yard material by the curb or alley the night before the scheduled collection day.

To view and print any of the New Information, Recyclable list and Pick-up Days Map, Click Here.

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Snow and Ice Emergency

The Borough would like to remind our residents about the snow and ice emergency ordinance.

The ordinance is in section 15, part 8 which you can view here. Go to page 97 (part 8) of the PDF document to view specifics.

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PARKING REGULATIONS UPDATE

The Borough has updated the parking regulations to include the following:

  • No blocking or saving parking spaces
  • No parking vehicles on blocks
    or ramps

View the updated ordinance

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HOMEOWNERSHIP INITIATIVE
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As of November 10, 2008 the application process is closed for the remainder of 2008.  Please visit this page in early 2009 for notice of a date when the application process will re-open.  Please do not submit any applications to be received on and after November 10, 2008, as they will be returned without review

Click here for more information.

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HAPPENINGS
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7th Annual New Year’s Day Celebration and Bonfire at Riverfront Park
January 1, 2009

Help us to ring in the New Year by joining us for a Bonfire at Riverfront Park. Take a winter stroll and enjoy the vista as we gather along the banks of the Schuylkill River in scenic Riverfront Park. This annual get together is growing in popularity and has fast become an annual holiday tradition in Pottstown. MORE DETAILS

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The Pottstown Downtown Improvement District has many holiday events going on in our area.

To see all of the events, please visit the Downtown Pottstown website.
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January Blood Drive

The Borough of Pottstown is proudly holding its winter blood drive sponsored by Miller Keystone, and we would love for you to participate!

When:
Friday, January 9, 2009    
8:00 a.m. – 2:40 p.m.

Where: Pottstown Borough Hall, 100 East High Street

More Information
Basic Guidelines

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ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF INTEREST
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The Pennsylvania Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 
The Pennsylvania Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps low income people pay their heating bills through home heating energy assistance grants and crisis grants. You need not have an unpaid bill to receive home heating energy assistance. You can receive this money without being in the Cash Assistance program -- a family of four with an annual income of up to $44,443 can qualify for assistance. No lien is placed on your property if you receive this help.
Learn more (PDF with State Links)

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The Fountain of Youth Spraypark is closed for the winter.  Located at the Manatawny entrance to Memorial Park, the spraypark the spring open notification will be posted on this website.
Learn more
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Schuylkill River Trail
The Schuylkill Trail
was developed as a multi-use public trail for walkers, joggers, bicyclists, cross-country skiers, and equestrians.

You can view the River Trail Map from Birdsboro to Pottstown and from Reading to Gibraltar by clicking here.

Detailed information and photographs about the entire trail project can be found at the Schuylkill River Website.

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Historic Pottsgrove Manor has wide variety of interesting and educational events from now through the end of the year.

The Manor offers visitors an opportunity to get a glimpse of life in 18th century Pennsylvania. It is one of the best restorations in Eastern PA.
View the calendar of events!

Visit the Pottsgrove Manor website

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PARKS & REC PROGRAMS
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Did you know the Pottstown Parks and Recreation Department can throw a theme party for residents? There is no need to call an expensive party planner! More Information >
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The Pottstown Parks & Recreation department has many adult and youth programs available.

You can Review these youth activities by visiting the Parks & Recreation Pages.

Borough Hall
100 E. High Street
Pottstown, PA 19464-9525 P:610-970-6500
If you notice any problems with this site, please email them to webmaster@pottstown.org